The 11th IHF Women's Youth (U18) World Championship took place in Romania from 29 July to 9 August 2026.

PARTICIPATING TEAMS

Algeria (ALG), Angola (ANG), Argentina (ARG), Brazil (BRA), Canada (CAN), Croatia (CRO), Czechia (CZE), Denmark (DEN), Egypt (EGY), Fiji (FIJ), France (FRA), Germany (GER), Guinea (GUI), Hungary (HUN), Japan (JPN), Kazakhstan (KAZ), Mexico (MEX), Montenegro (MNE), Netherlands (NED), People’s Republic of China (CHN), Portugal (POR) Republic of Korea (KOR), Romania (ROU), Serbia (SRB), Slovakia (SVK), Slovenia (SLO), Spain (ESP), Sweden (SWE), Switzerland (SUI), Tunisia (TUN), Uruguay (URU), Uzbekistan (UZB),

DRAW

The draw event took place in Basel, Switzerland on Friday, 8 May 2026.

Pots

Pot 1: SVK, CRO, MNE, ESP, SUI, DEN, HUN, CHN
Pot 2: FRA, CZE, ARG, SRB, ROU, GER, SWE, JPN
Pot 3: NED, SLO, BRA, KOR, EGY, KAZ, TUN, GUI
Pot 4: UZB, URU, ANG, CAN, MEX, TBD, FIJ, ALG

Results

Group A: CRO, FRA, EGY, FIJ
Group B: DEN, CZE, KOR, MEX
Group C: ESP, GER, GUI, UZB
Group D: MNE, ARG, NED, POR
Group E: HUN, SWE, TUN, CAN
Group F: CHN, ROU, KAZ, URU
Group G: SVK, JPN, BRA, ANG
Group H: SUI, SRB, SLO, ALG

FINAL RANKING

1. Spain
2. Montenegro
3. Denmark
4. Egypt, 5. Switzerland, 6. Slovakia, 7. P.R. of China, 8. Hungary, 9. Japan, 10. France, 11. Netherlands, 12. Romania, 13. Germany, 14. Rep. of Korea, 15. Sweden, 16. Slovenia, 17. Portugal, 18. Croatia, 19. Brazil, 20. Tunisia, 21. Czechia, 22. Serbia, 23. Argentina, 24. Kazakhstan, 25. Guinea, 26. Canada, 27. Angola, 28. Mexico, 29. Uruguay, 30. Uzbekistan, 31. Algeria, 32. Fiji